By Staff reporter THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tasked old and new licensees on the need to deliver on their respective mandates by offering telecoms consumers the best of service. The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known in Lagos, Thursday, when Mafab Communications formally unveils its logo […]
Read MoreTHE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) have unveiled Nigeria’s first National payment card named AfriGo. At the unveiling virtually yesterday, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the card was designed to cater to local peculiarities that the existing card products have failed to cater to. Emefiele said the […]
Read MoreNIGERIA will on January 28, 2023, join the international community to observe GlobalData Privacy Day 2023. It is a Day that has been set aside to create awareness of fundamental rights and freedoms relating to the privacy of citizens in the data processing ecosystem. In line with the overarching global objective of awareness on data […]
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter MORE Nigerians have been identified and added to the national database as the figure of National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) rose to 95 million as of January 22. According to data obtained from the NIMC, the commission was able to enroll 21.3 million people […]
Read MoreJUNIPER Research predicted a growing danger of Over The Top (OTT) business messaging cannibalising operator SMS and RCS revenue as the number of messages sent on the third-party services soars. The research company forecast the number of messages sent would grow from 93 billion this year to 254 billion by 2027, fuelled by increased availability […]
Read MoreTELECOMMUNICATIONS services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the launch of eSIM (embedded SIM) – a digital SIM that enables customers to access same functionality as someone using a physical SIM. The eSIM offers several benefits over the traditional SIM cards as it is quick and simple to set up online, it is planet-friendly (plastic- free/zero […]
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter EXCEPT for any last-minute change, Mafab Communications may have kept to its promise of January roll out of the Fifth Generation (5G) network service in Nigeria as the firm would by the end of this week unveil its network logo in Lagos. Sources within the Nigeria telecoms industry, who are conversant with […]
Read MoreU.S. Consul General Will Stevens (second right) with Chairman & CEO, 21st Century Technologies Group, Wale Ajisebutu, (second left), during the official opening ceremony of the Digital Expert Academy in Lagos on Monday.By Favour Unukaso UNITED States Consul General, Will Stevens joined representatives from leading American tech companies, Nigerian technology and business leaders for the […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with an Award of Exemplary Leadership in Public Service. The award was conferred on Danbatta at the 12th Anniversary Lecture and Award of Nigerian NewsDirect, one of […]
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter AS organisations continue to navigate through economic challenges, PPC Limited, Nigeria’s ICT and infrastructure development company, has shared some technology trends that will help Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), IT Managers or Chief Information Officers (CIOs) improve business operations and achieve greater productivity and corporate profitability. The Director of ICT Operations at […]
Read More